WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY

COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND HEALTH

DEPARTMENT OF NURSING

PROFESSIONAL ROLE DEVELOPMENT

OUT OF CLASS ACTIVITIES RECORD

NAME ______CLASS ______

DATE / ACTIVITY / AUTHORIZATION / POINTS

Listed below are suggested activities and their point value, that are acceptable to fulfill your Professional Role Development requirement. This is not a complete list of activities that are acceptable. If you are or will be participating in an activity that promotes professionalism as a student nurse, consult the faculty teaching your course for their approval.

ACTIVITY POINTS

* Join the National Student Nurses= Association (NSNA)/ANA or other professional organization 1

* Attend a meeting of a professional nursing organization, at least one hour in length 1

or the whole meeting (whichever is longest)

* Participate in an SNA fundraiser (selling for one hour at a bake sale will count) 1

* Participate in an SNA charity event (i.e. Diabetes walk-a-thon) 1

* Participate on a William Paterson University Nursing Department committee 2

* Be a class representative to WPSNA (cannot be combined with attending SNA meetings) 2

* Attend a professional nursing conference (1 hr of conference = 1 point) varies

* Subscribe to a professional nursing journal 1

* Use a class assignment (i.e. Teaching-Learning project) in the community setting 1

(i.e. Health fair, Senior Citizen meeting, As a Poster Presentation at a nursing conference)

* Volunteer at a health related activity in the community. (Hospital volunteer, ambulance corp, 1-2

nursing home

* Participate in a research activity (not class assignment) (participate in a study, 1

present at a conference, poster session presentation)

* Participate in a Health organizations fundraiser (i.e. Diabetes walk, March of Dimes walk, etc) 1-2

* Write an article dealing with nursing or a health related subject that gets published in the 1-2

SNA nurses notes or a Professional Nursing journal.

Revised Spring 2001

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